Duane Eddy was the first guitar hero of rock’n’roll. He was only 19 when he started scoring instrumental hits in 1957, showcasing his clean, resonant guitar sound and carefully articulated motifs.

KENSINGTON — John Mello, a maker and repairer of steel-string and classical acoustic guitars, plies his trade hidden in a little shop behind a pottery gallery on Colusa Circle, one of this quiet ...

Now that the fine art of air guitar has gone mainstream we would like to give the actual musicians who visit this site a leg up on the competition should they find themselves engaged in any future ...

Classic rock music through the years has inspired countless young musicians to learn how to play the guitar. Whether that interest stuck or not depends on the person. However, plenty of now-famous ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If guitarist Carlos Santana seems relaxed, even buoyant these days, there’s a very human answer: He’s in love. The divorced, Mexican-born music legend (he ...

Acoustic and classical guitars look very similar, both made of wood, both with six strings, and both with the familiar guitar shape with a curved body and long neck. But there are key differences that ...

From the archive: When Total Guitar met Brian May back in 2001, Queen weren't a going concern, and wouldn’t be until the 2004 reincarnation which saw May and Roger Taylor (John Deacon having declined ...

The King of twang, who has died age 86, paved the way for some of the most memorable riffs in rock and pop. Here are five of the best Neil McCormick has been chief music critic for the Telegraph since ...